Price marker for goods



vAug. 4, 1931. c. w. sKoGH PRICE MARKER FOR Goons Filed July 51, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 1,5 ings, wherein- Patented Aug. 4, 1931 UNITED STATES APa'rfizur ortica CLIFFORD W. SKOGH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO MAGILL-'WEINSHEIMER COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS PRICE MARKER FOR GOODS f j Appneation filed :ruiy 31, 1929.

1 1@ price marking. Other objects will appear from time to time in the course of the specitication and claims.

I illustrate my invention more or less diagrammatically in the accompanying draw- *igure 1 is a of my device;

Figure 2 is a section on the line Figure 1;

Figure 3 illustrates the blank outstretched;

Figure 4 is a rear view of the marker;

Figure 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Figure 1;

Figure 6 is a front elevation of a variant form of my device;

Figure 7 is a rear view of the device shown in Figure 6; y

Figure 8 is a section on the line 8 8 of Figure 6; l

Figure 9 is a front elevation of a further variation of the device;

Figure 10 is a rear elevation of the form of Figure 9; and

Figure 1l is a section on the line 11-11 of Figure'Q.

Like parts are indicated by like characters throughout the specification and drawings.

Referring to the forni of Figures 1 to 5 A generally indicates a boX `or container in which may be positioned the articles A1, such as cakes, soap and the like.

B generally indicates the body portion of the price marker element. It may include a display or advertising surface B1 and one or more apertures B2.

Adapted to be folded to the rear of the apertured portion is the flap C which may be secured to the member B as by the indented line or folding connection C1. It

may be apertured as at C2 for ease in hanfront elevation of one form Serial No. 382,360.

dling the symbols later described. In forming and printing the blank a plurality of removable symbols l) may be associatedv vwith the flap C in such fashion as to be de- Ill the jjj;

tachable or removable therefrom. article as assembled ready for use the iap C is folded in the position in which it is shown in Figure l and may be secured for example by the wire securing members C3. rlhe device may be shipped with the det-ach- `able members D still detacliably secured to the flap C, for removal by the operator at the time of use.

In order to permit the insertion of the marker in the goods I provide side flaps E, i,

El, foldably mounted upon the opposite edges of the member B and provided with downwardly extending portions E2 which extend below the plane of the line or junction C1, when the device is in the assembled position of Figure l. rFliese downwardly extending flaps E2 may then be inserted between adjacent articles A1, as shown in Figures l and 2. Preferably each such marker .will be proportioned to the size of the units being dispensed in the package used.

In the alternative form of my device shown iii Figures 6 to 8 inclusive I dispense with the side flaps E, El with their lower eX- tensions E2 and merel 1 insert the lower edge' of the bowed portion B between adjacent articles or between an article and the container, as shown in Figure 8.

In the form of Figures 9 to 11 inclusive I form the flap C with a side llap or extension Gr which is adapted to be folded into position at right angles to the plane of the body portion B. Then in such position, or at any other sufiicient angle. it serves as a rear support or base, whereby the marker may be placed on any flat surface; for example the top of a box or container.

It ywill be realized that whereas I have described and shown a practical and operative device, nevertheless many changes might be made in the size, shape, number and disposition of parts without departing from the spirit of my invention. I therefore wish my description and drawings to be taken as in a broad sense illustrative and diagrammatic rather than as limiting me to my specific showing.

The use and operation of my invention are as follows:

I find it desirable in dispensing various articles, for example soap, to have a marker which may be positioned upon or in the top of a container filled with soap. As the preferred example of my device I provide the form of Figures l to 5, wherein the tabs or iiaps E2 may be inserted between adjacent cakes of soap, as shown in Figure l. The marker itself may be employed with various grades of soap or may be varied in accordance with changes in price, as for example when a sale or reduction in price is advertised. I do not wish to be limited to any particular size, number or relationship of apertures, but I find it useful to employ one aperture to indicate the number of cakes and another aperture to indicate the price. To the rear of the aperture the operator may position the necessary digits, removing the removable digits D from the flap C and -employing whichever ones are necessary. The remainder may be kept, for eXample, for changes in price, etc. The digits may be slid laterally into the space between the flap C and the body portion B and the apertures B2 and C2, which give access to the fingers of the operator, add to the ease of this lateral insertion.

In the form of Figures 6 Jco8 inclusive I dispense with the special tabs E2 and merely Ainsert the article as a whole between adjacent cakes of soap or between a cake of soap and the wall of the box. In the form of Figures 9 to 11 inclusive I employ the flap Gr which virtually makes an easel of the marker.

The digits may be coated at the rear' side with any suitable Aadhesive substance'to enableY the user' to stick or fasten them to the marker.

I claim: y

l. A blank for price signs, formed of a fibrous material, such as paper, which includes a main portion and a' second portion adapted to be folded in relation tothe main portion, the main portion'being apertured in line with the second portion when the secon-d portion is folded, and a plurality of detachable portions having indicating symbols thereon, the detachable portions being` of such a size and the symbols being so positioned thereon as to align the symbols with said apertures when the detachable portions are positionedV between the main vand the second portions with their lower edges engaging the fold between said main and second portions. l

2. A blank for price signs', formed of a fibrous material, such as paper, which includes a main portion and a second portion adapted to be folded in relation to the main portion, the main portion being apertured in line with the second portion whenA thes'ec'ond portion is folded, and a plurality of detachable .portions having indicating symbols thereon, the detachable portions being of such a size and the symbol being so positioned thereon as to align the symbols with said apertures when the 'detachable portions are positioned between the main and the second portions with their lower edges engaging the fold between said main and second portions, said second portion being also apertured in line with said detachable portions, when the detachable portions are in indicating position.

3; A blank for price signs, formed of a fibrous material, such yas paper, which in'- cludes a main portion and a second portion adapted to be folded'in relation to the main portion, the main portion being aper'tu'red in line with the second portion when the secondv portion is folded, and a plurality of de- -tachable portions having indicating symbols thereon, the detachable portions being of such a. size and the symbols being so positioned thereon as to align the symbols with said apertures when the ldetachable portions are positioned between the main and the second portions with their lower edges engaging the fold' between said main and second portions, said detachable portions being initially formed as part of said second portion.

4. A blank for price signs, formed of a fibrous material, such as paper, which includes a main portion and a second p'ortion 4adapted to be folded in relation to the inain portion, the main portion being apertured in line with the second portion when the second portion is folded, and-a plurality' of detachable portions having indicating symbols thereon, the detachable' portions being of such a size and the symbols being so positioned thereon as to align the symbols with said apertures when the detachable portions are positioned between the main and the Asecond portions with their lower edges engaging the fold between said main and seci ond portions, and additional portions, in

vfoldable relationship with said main portion, including end edges depending beneath theV fold between the main and second portions when the second portion is folded.

5. A blank for price signs, formed of a fibrous material, such as paper, which includes a main portion and a second portion adaptedl to be folded in relation to the main portion, the main portion being apertured in line with the second portion when the second portion is folded, and a plurality of detachable portions having indicating symbols thereon, the detachable portions being of such a size and the symbols being so posi- 2- tioned thereon as to align the symbols with ,said apertures when the detachable portions are positioned between the main and the second portions with their lower edges engaging the fold between said main and'se'cf1.

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ond portions, and means, associated With said blank, for supporting it in upright position when the second portion is in folded relationship With the main portion.

6. A blank for price signs, formed of a fibrous material, such as paper, which includes a main portion and a second portion adapted to be folded in relation to the main portion, the main portion being apertured in line With the second portion when the second portion is folded, and a plurality of detachable portions having indicating symbols thereon, the detachable portions being of such a size and the symbols being so positioned thereon as to align the symbols With said apertures When the detachable portions are positioned bet-Ween the main and the second portions with their lower .edges engaging the fold between said main and second portions, and a foldable bracket positioned upon said blank.

Signed at Chicago, county of Cook and State of Illinois, this 25th day of July 1929.

CLIFFORD W. SKOGH. 

